VOORHEES, N.J. -- Since he's about the only member of the Flyers' currently injured club capable of skating and thinking straight at the same time, Jaromir Jagr talked Monday about the groin strain which represents a sore point in his season stretch drive plans.

Not that he can say a whole lot.

"I was getting treatment; I was skating a little bit," Jagr said after a little more than a little bit of a skate at the Flyers' first post-All-Star break practice at the Skate Zone. "I'm going to see (today) what's going to happen."

What exactly that means about the groin woes that have recurred twice for Jagr, most recently in a win over New Jersey 10 days ago, remains unclear. Jagr said only that the practice skate he'd just put in did not result in any immediate pain in the area, certainly a good sign.

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Then again...

"The game is totally different," Jagr cautioned.

It's safe to say he's still day-to-day looking ahead to tonight's game against the Winnipeg Jets at the Wells Fargo Center. Jagr is looking to be safer than sorry this time with the groin.

"It depends how you look at it," he said. "Five days, it's too long if you would start playoffs tomorrow. But I think it's OK to get the rest to clear your mind, because it's going to help you a little later in the playoffs and before the playoffs. Maybe not in the next day, but later on, it definitely helps."

As for the other team MIAs, recovery time is but a concept, one that for them is always hard to understand.

While Chris Pronger likely is finished this season because of his concussion, co-concussed Flyers Danny Briere and James van Riemsdyk at least practiced Monday, though they were only lightly pressed and left for the comfort of the locker room before most or all of their teammates.

According to an apparent new concussion policy, Briere and van Riemsdyk declined interview requests after the practice.

In what amounted to a statement, Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren passed along the message that nothing has changed with the status of his concussion crew.

As for Jagr, he's from the old school - you know, the one that was in session before the upper management bodies of the No Honesty League decided injuries may only be identified according to body part zones? Therefore, Jagr doesn't have a problem venting his injury frustrations to the media. It's just that for now, he says, the frustration level is stable.

"I just wish that I would be injury free and I could play every game, but for some reason it hasn't happened this season," Jagr said. "I'm not used to it. The last seven years, I didn't miss one game. Maybe I'm not good to deal with that. Maybe I'm too impatient.

"I wouldn't use the word frustrating, because I want to play. I want to help and it's always tougher to get in top form. Even if you don't feel pain, you don't play how you know you can play. After injuries, you're just not able to play at top form ... and once you're getting there, (you) get injured again. That's what's frustrating me."

Perhaps another peek at the standings can ease Jaromir's inner steam. The Flyers (29-14-5, 63 points) have the third-best mark in the Eastern Conference.

"The things that have happened with this team and how many rookies we've had playing, if you'd say we'd be where we are in the standings, I think you really would be pleasantly surprised," defenseman Matt Carle said. "I don't think we played our best hockey yet."

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The All-Star break wasn't treated by everyone as merely a chance to heal physical injuries. For goalie Ilya Bryzgalov, for example, it represented a much needed mental break. He said he watched his 5-year-old son play in net in his youth hockey game, and also "played with my dog in the back yard."

But only after playing 52 pickup.

"I was able to clean my yard," Bryzgalov said. "Not leaves but sticks and that. It was good weather; lots of fresh air."

Coach Peter Laviolette is hoping the fresh air did some good.

"I'm sure Bryz will come back and be ready to go," he said. "I'm sure he's anxious to get back in there, as we all are, and looking to get better, as we all are."

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NOTES: Look for Zac Rinaldo (neck) to return to the lineup against the Jets. ... Ben Holmstrom, Tom Sestito and Harry Zolnierczyk were all brought back from their All-Star weekend working vacation with Adirondack.